Hockey tape clothes hanger grips

I prefer to hang most of my clothes, but I found I own more than a few tops that disagree with this method. The trickiest ones seem to be those boatneck or off the shoulder sweaters. I have so many wooden hangers, it felt silly to replace them all with something that solved my problem, so grips were my solution.

Perhaps it's because I'm Canadian that I chose hockey tape ;) But they sure do work! Because of the wrapping method though, I'm sure you could use a number of other tapes.

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Step 1 Materials and measuring

- Any hanger (I like wooden hangers because there's more area to apply grip to)
- Hockey tape (or try another type of tape that has some texture, smooth tapes will only moderately help your cause)
- Something to measure with. Ruler, tape measure, piece of string etc.

If you're like me, we want to make this neat, so I prefer to measure and mark off where I will put the tape to make sure everything is symmetrical. Make the grips as short, or as long as you like, just leave a bit of room in the corners so you can comfortably wrap that section.

Comments

[MissCatsMeow]

awesome idea!

[mothgrl]

I've long been a fan of plain old rubber bands looped up towards the end of wire hangers, but this looks like it would work for those items that remain stubbornly slippery!

[timwikander]

Very cool technique!

[bigbang]

Thanks! It's the same way a lot of people make the grip at the top of a hockey stick, so that was my inspiration :)

[ChrysN]

Smart! I hate when my sweaters fall off and land in a heap on the closet floor.

[rosquillo]

Muy buena idea, gracias,
Very good idea, Thanks.

[agrodolce]

This is an AWESOME idea! My husband just told me he wanted to get all wooden hangers eventually and I said no just for this reason.

[bigbang]

glad to hear you can now live in harmony ;)